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Celebrating creative freedom in South Africa, The Writing Studio transforms ideas into action, empowers and emancipates writers, develops scripts from concept to final draft, and facilitates the needs between writers and producers/ publishers.

Taking a step in the write direction and developing the write attitude (From top to bottom)
Daniel sharing a few thoughts with Lorna Houston (Jazzart General Manager), Orlando Bloom and French filmmaker Jérôme Salle (currently in Cape Town shooting the film Zulu), and Jacqueline Kehilwe Manyaapelo (choreographer and Jazzart Dance Theatre Director) at a performance of Biko's Quest at Artscape Theatre; trainer Daniel Dercksen with directors Hennie Van Greunen, Tara Notcutt, Any Yeptha and Christopher Weare at the From Page to Screen workshop in Cape Town,  November 2010; contemplating the written word at the From Page To Screen workshop in Johannesburg on July 3, 2011: Spud producer Brad Logan sharing some insight with aspirant screenwriter Duncan Dumisa at a workshop for screenwriters at the SABC in Durban on February 27, 2011. Screenwriter Elelwani Ramaite from Limpopo with Producer, director and screenwriter Dylan Ben-Israel; For more pics visit  The Writing Studio on  Facebook

Created by respected film and theatre journalist of 30 years, Daniel Dercksen, The Writing Studio is a leading independent training initiative in Africa.

Graduates include award-winning playwrights Neil Coppen (Abnormal Loads) and Jeremeo Le Cordeur (February 14th), filmmakers John Barker (Bunny Chow and How To Steal a Million) and Henk Pretorius (Bakgat, Fanie Fourie Se Lobola), novelists Lauren Beukes (Zoo City), Gary Hirson (The Magic That is Ours and Calm in Storm), and Consuelo Roland (shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Award and received an Honorary mention for the Olive Schreiner Prize for her novel The Good Cemetery Guide), and journalist/ publicist Kevin Kriedeman.

2013 marks an important chapter in The Writing Studio's passionate undertaking to cultivate new writing and to support the needs of writers. 

Focusing on turning words into action, 2013 is the 'Year of Development', through intensive interactive one-on-one sessions to develop and complete individual projects, ranging from screenplays for feature film and television, to novels and plays.